Ken Livingstone Quotes - Page 3

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• We look to the left and to the right And we need help but nobody's in sight Where is the man that we all need Tell him he's to come and rescue me.

  Ken Livingstone

  Men, Sight, Needs

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• I feel a degree of regret that Marshall did not push on and say 'abolish the GLC' because I think it would have been a major saving and would have released massive resources for productive use.

  Ken Livingstone

  Regret, Thinking, Degrees

  "Beyond Our Ken: A Guide to the Battle for London". Book by Andrew Forrester, Robin Pauley, and Stewart Lansley, 1985.

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• The idea that the GLC should be abolished at a stroke is ill though out, undemocratic and will cost the people of London dear.

  Ken Livingstone

  Ideas, People, Cost

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• It is all very well for people with fine arts degrees, but for ordinary people like myself, we want a statue to look like the person.

  Ken Livingstone

  Art, People, Criticism

  "Art attack - mayor and sculptor in war of words over Mandela statue", www.theguardian.com. September 29, 2005.

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• When you see someone trying to manoeuvre it round the school gates, you have to think, 'You are a complete idiot.'

  Ken Livingstone

  School, Thinking, Trying

  "Livingstone: 4X4s drivers are idiots", www.standard.co.uk. May 21, 2004.

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• I undertake that, in the exercise of my functions of that office I will have regard to any guidance with respect to ethical standards issued by the secretary of state under Section 66 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999.

  Ken Livingstone

  Exercise, Ethical Standards, Office

  "Livingstone sworn in as London mayor" by Patrick Barkham, www.theguardian.com. May 08, 2000.

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• Most kids dont get to go their parents wedding.

  Ken Livingstone

  Kids, Parent

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• [Pigeons are] rats with wings.

  Ken Livingstone

  Wings, Rats, Pigeons

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• What defines someone's music taste is their teens and early 20s. It's that combination of your sexual awakening and the music of the time, it fixes you forever.

  Ken Livingstone

  Forever, Teens, Awakening

  "Ken Livingstone Interviewed: Boris, The Other Boris, Music, Politics & London". Interview with Luke Turner, thequietus.com. September 23, 2010.

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• I go all around London advocating lesbian and gay rights.

  Ken Livingstone

  Gay, Rights, London

  "Ken Livingstone: 'This isn't a race to elect a chat-show host'". Interview with Decca Aitkenhead, www.theguardian.com. April 25, 2012.

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• I'd love to write about my growing sexual awareness, but the press would turn it into something squalid.

  Ken Livingstone

  Writing, Growing, Awareness

  "Ken Livingstone: 'It's an autobiography, not porn'". Interview With Decca Aitkenhead, www.theguardian.com. October 21, 2011.

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• If transport, housing and Olympic projects do not work, I will crawl away under a stone.

  Ken Livingstone

  Stones, Projects, Transport

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• There is now a desperate need for a London-wide left caucus of those interested in the GLC and local councils so that we can compare and discuss what is happening in each borough.

  Ken Livingstone

  Needs, London, Desperate

  Socialist Organiser, March 1979.

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• Only some ghastly dehumanised moron would want to get rid of the Routemaster.

  Ken Livingstone

  Want, Moron, Ghastly

  "Livingstone and the 'morons' have killed off the Routemaster" by Philip Johnston, www.telegraph.co.uk. October 24, 2005.

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• I don't just denounce suicide bombers. I denounce those governments which use indiscriminate slaughter to advance their foreign policy.

  Ken Livingstone

  Suicide, Government, Bombers

  "London mayor: West created terror", www.cnn.com. July 20, 2005.

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• My administration will tackle these issues in consultation with the black communities of London.

  Ken Livingstone

  Issues, Community, Black

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• Polling in a general election is pretty accurate, because turnout is usually high.

  Ken Livingstone

  Election, Accurate, Polling

  "Ken Livingstone: 'This isn't a race to elect a chat-show host'". Interview with Decca Aitkenhead, www.theguardian.com. April 25, 2012.

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• If you are running a city you must focus on day-to-day problems.

  Ken Livingstone

  Running, Cities, Focus

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• If women had never been given the right to vote, then Labour would have won every election after the war.

  Ken Livingstone

  War, Election, Vote

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• I've always been a workaholic. I reckon, on average, I've had less than one day a year off in my working career.

  Ken Livingstone

  Average, Years, Careers

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• I was a weedy kid, not like one of those working-class men who can accommodate not being academically clever by physical strength and prowess.

  Ken Livingstone

  Clever, Kids, Men

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• I never came into life with any favours or privileges.

  Ken Livingstone

  Privilege, Favour

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• I have only ever borrowed money for investment. I have been sound money all my life.

  Ken Livingstone

  Sound, Investment, Borrowed Money

  "Ken Livingstone: It's policies that matter this time, not personalities". Interview with Andrew Sparrow, www.theguardian.com. January 30, 2012.

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• I have no interest in managing my financial affairs.

  Ken Livingstone

  Financial, Affair, Interest

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• I grew up in a house with very few books.

  Ken Livingstone

  Book, House, Grew Up

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